Eileenâs first image is through a car windshield as the vehicleâs interior fills with smoke. Consider that haze a multifaceted metaphorâfor pent-up desire, lethal suffocation, and liberating concealmentâas well as a potential case of the Chekhov gun principle.That said, a real firearm also plays a part in William Oldroydâs adaptation of Otessa Moshfeghâs book of